Synonyms

pudency

American

[pyood-n-see] / ˈpjud n si /

noun

modesty; bashfulness; shamefacedness.

pudency British

/ ˈpjuːdənsɪ /

noun

modesty, shame, or prudishness

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Etymology

Origin of pudency

1605–15; < Late Latin pudentia shame, equivalent to Latin pudent- (stem of pudēns, present participle of pudēre to be ashamed) + -ia -y ³; see -ency

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The art of life has a pudency, and will not be exposed.

From Essays — Second Series by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Why did I not ask? you will say.—You don't remember the rosy pudency of sensitive children.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858 by Various

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pudency

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